Wild World Special Characters
The shopkeepers, town hall staff, museum family and travelling visitors who aren’t ordinary villagers, and what each one does for you.
Shops & services
Tom Nook
Runs the town store and sells you your house. He sets the loans, offers each expansion and buys almost anything you sell.
When: Store open 8 AM–11 PM
Timmy
One of Tom Nook’s nephews; works the second floor of Nookington’s.
When: Nookington’s only
Tommy
Timmy’s brother, also behind the counter upstairs at Nookington’s.
When: Nookington’s only
Mabel
Greets customers at the Able Sisters’ tailor shop and sells clothes, umbrellas and hats.
When: Able Sisters
Sable
Sews at the back of the Able Sisters. Talk to her every day and she slowly opens up.
When: Able Sisters
Harriet
Runs the Shampoodle salon inside Nookington’s: a new hairstyle chosen from your answers (3,000 Bells, one a day).
When: Once Nookington’s opens
Town hall
Pelly
Day clerk at the town hall: mail, loan payments, the town tune and the town’s environment rating.
When: Town hall, daytime
Phyllis
Pelly’s grumpy sister, who takes the night shift at the same counter.
When: Town hall, night
Pete
The mail pelican. On quiet days he flies over town and can be shot down with the slingshot.
When: Mail deliveries
Tortimer
The town’s elderly mayor. Hosts the Fishing Tourneys, Bug-Offs, fireworks and festivals, and gives the golden net and rod.
When: Events and festivals
Museum
Blathers
The museum curator. Identifies fossils on the spot and takes donations of fish, bugs, fossils and paintings.
When: Museum, ground floor
Celeste
Blathers’ sister, who runs the observatory upstairs where you draw and name your own constellations.
When: Museum, upstairs
Brewster
Serves coffee at The Roost café in the museum basement. Come back day after day and he warms up to you.
When: The Roost
K.K. Slider
The travelling musician. Plays a live show at The Roost every Saturday night and gives you a copy of the song.
When: Saturdays, 8 PM–midnight
Gate
Copper
The gatekeeper who opens the gate for visits to and from other towns.
When: Town gate
Kapp’n
Drives the taxi at the start of the game; his questions decide how your character looks.
When: The opening taxi ride
Rover
Drinks coffee at The Roost around midday and starts DS Tag Mode chats.
When: The Roost, some afternoons
Mr. Resetti
Pops up to lecture you whenever you quit without saving.
When: After a reset
Visitors
Saharah
Asks you to deliver carpet and wallpaper to Blathers, Tom Nook, the Able Sisters and the town hall; pays in rare carpet or wallpaper.
When: Random weekdays
Gracie
The fashion giraffe. Parks outside the town hall, rates your outfit with a quiz and hands over clothing on the spot; later she takes Bell offers for her items.
When: Random weekdays
Wendell
A starving walrus. Feed him fruit, fish or turnips for an exclusive design.
When: Random weekdays
Katrina
The fortune teller in a tent by the town hall: fortunes, compatibility and spirit cleansing.
When: Random weekdays
Pascal
A philosophical sea otter who appears by the water and gives pirate furniture; trade him a scallop for the golden axe.
When: Random weekdays
Gulliver
Crashes his UFO when you shoot it down; find his five lost parts for a rare item.
When: Random weekdays
Dr. Shrunk
A comedian axolotl who teaches you new emotions.
When: Random weekdays
Lyle
Sells accident and painting insurance, and lets you pick the weekday Crazy Redd visits.
When: Saturdays, outside your house
Crazy Redd
The members-only black-market dealer. Sells rare furniture and paintings, some of them forgeries.
When: One weekday a week
Katie
A lost kitten who needs taking to another town to find her mother.
When: After you visit other towns
Kaitlin
Katie’s mother, who meets her at the gate; a random thank-you gift (sometimes the Portrait) arrives by mail the next day.
When: In the town Katie belongs to
Blanca
A cat with no face, who asks you to draw her one.
When: Random, if allowed on the attic phone
Cornimer
The acorn-loving squirrel of the Acorn Festival, trading Mush furniture for acorns.
When: Acorn Festival (October)
Sources & picture credits
- Special characters, Animal Crossing Wiki
- Tom Nook (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Timmy (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Tommy (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Mabel (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Sable (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Harriet (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Pelly (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Phyllis (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Pete (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Tortimer (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Blathers (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Celeste (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Brewster (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- K.K. Slider (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Booker (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Copper (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Kapp’n (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Rover (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Mr. Resetti (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Saharah (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Gracie (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Wendell (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Katrina (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Pascal (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Gulliver (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Dr. Shrunk (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Lyle (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Crazy Redd (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Joan (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Katie (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Kaitlin (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Blanca (Animal Crossing Wiki)
- Cornimer (Animal Crossing Wiki)
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